April 11, 2004

Africa Needs M'sieur's Bucket

Yet what really merits outrage about DDT today is not that South Africa still uses it, as do about five other countries for routine malaria control and about 10 more for emergencies. It is that dozens more do not.

Another thing that struck me was the typical African's wish list..

1. A bicycle.
2. A radio
3. A plastic bucket

The first two might be a bit troublesome, but surely plastic buckets would be an easy item to ship over. And indeed it is.

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